Patents by Inventor Steven H. Wunrow

Steven H. Wunrow has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for providing automated captioning for AV signals
    Patent number: 7047191
    Abstract: System, method and computer-readable medium containing instructions for providing AV signals with open or closed captioning information. The system includes a speech-to-text processing system coupled to a signal separation processor and a signal combination processor for providing automated captioning for video broadcasts contained in AV signals. The method includes separating an audio signal from an AV signal, converting the audio signal to text data, encoding the original AV signal with the converted text data to produce a captioned AV signal and recording and displaying the captioned AV signal. The system may be mobile and portable and may be used in a classroom environment for producing recorded captioned lectures and used for broadcasting live, captioned lectures. Further, the system may automatically translate spoken words in a first language into words in a second language and include the translated words in the captioning information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jeffrey K. Lange, Robert H. Paine, Jeremiah L. Parry-Hill, Steven H. Wunrow
  • Method and system for providing automated captioning for AV signals
    Publication number: 20010025241
    Abstract: System, method and computer-readable medium containing instructions for providing AV signals with open or closed captioning information. The system includes a speech-to-text processing system coupled to a signal separation processor and a signal combination processor for providing automated captioning for video broadcasts contained in AV signals. The method includes separating an audio signal from an AV signal, converting the audio signal to text data, encoding the original AV signal with the converted text data to produce a captioned AV signal and recording and displaying the captioned AV signal. The system may be mobile and portable and may be used in a classroom environment for producing recorded captioned lectures and used for broadcasting live, captioned lectures. Further, the system may automatically translate spoken words in a first language into words in a second language and include the translated words in the captioning information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: Jeffrey K. Lange, Robert H. Paine, Jeremiah L. Parry-Hill, Steven H. Wunrow